Jordan Weinstein (UKidney) has done it again. UKidney has assembled a great collection of high impact articles. What I love about UKidney is the organization and the style. If you are interested in learning more about a particular…
A patient has an elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) and is also markedly hypertensive. You are faced with a dilemma?? Which antihypertensive agents would be preferred in a patient with known elevated intracranial pressure? Should we even be trying…
What a contest! NephMadness 2017 was truly epic and this summary video captures all the best parts: Feldman and Lederer explaining their brackets, anger as Kt/V defeated depression, support posts from the NephMadness community, participation of fellowship programs,…
The results are out and the first round is a shocker. What was the panel thinking? KT/V beating depression was a shock to me but just shows how obsessed nephrologists are with numbers. But it was the choice…
I was very excited to see delightful topics in the Nutrition Region of this year’s #NephMadness, especially the Gut Microbiome and Kidney Disease. Before starting my Ph.D., I was aware that the colonic microbiota existed, but I acquired…
The National Course for Renal Fellows: Origins of Renal Physiology (August 27 – September 3, 2017), is filling up fast. This 1 week course provides a strong foundation in renal physiology for future renal investigators, teachers and clinicians….
PPIs have been associated with AKI including acute interstitial nephritis; CKD development; and CKD progression to ESRD. That is, in over 10,000 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities participants followed for at least 10 years, incident CKD developed among PPI…
NephMadness 2017 has 32 nephrology concepts divided across 8 different topic areas, called regions. Each region has 4 concepts which compete against each other in a single elimination tournament. We have selected content experts from each topic to help…
Patients with intracranial hemorrhages often develop cerebral edema, which can create unique challenges when providing maintenance hemodialysis. Conall also covering this on RFN a few years back. Hemodialysis can worsen cerebral edema through a rapid decrease in serum…
Nephrologists treat hypertension! And not just in our advanced CKD/ESRD patients. For folks (including fellows in training) who are perhaps more interested in hypertension than the average nephrologist, certification from the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) can offer…
